The index of Enigma messages

Wallis, Elizabeth; Lavell, Cherry

doi:10.3828/indexer.2000.22.1.9

The Indexer

2000

DOI: 10.3828/indexer.2000.22.1.9

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The index of Enigma messages

Elizabeth Wallis¹,

Cherry Lavell²

Abstract: An account of the vital role played by indexing in the code-breaking work carried out at Bletchley Park during the Second World War.

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An indexing needle in an intelligence haystack

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2007

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science

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Experiences in researching the documentation of the intelligence (codename Ultra) produced by breaking Enigma at Government Code & Cypher School, Bletchley Park, 1939—45, are described. The major problems are identified and shown to lie in the obscurity of the associated processes, disguised as they were within general bureaucratic arrangements. This resulted in invisibility in both National Archives documents and publications in the field of military intelligence. This invisibility, along with difficulties in locating surviving veterans capable of illuminating such historical material as there is, demands detective work, serendipity and luck in addition to the normal skills of historical method in telling the story.

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The index of Enigma messages

Abstract: An account of the vital role played by indexing in the code-breaking work carried out at Bletchley Park during the Second World War.

Cited by 2 publications

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An indexing needle in an intelligence haystack

An indexing needle in an intelligence haystack

Indexing the intelligence

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